Back in 1921, our family seafood matriarch, Fanny Kotok walked daily to the wharf in Buffalo, NY to bring fish back to the neighborhood for sale. We continue today and owe our longevity to the same principles Fanny Kotok, then Nathan Kotok, then Teddy Kotok, then Mark Kotok, and now Michael Kotok hold dear; value, integrity, honesty, seafood knowledge and prized personal relationships.
Today, Arctic Fisheries Ltd. produces and imports premium seafood from locales world-wide. We started in Iceland and then looked to other places where valued seafoods are produced: Alaska, Russia, Norway, China, Vietnam and Canada. Our specialty started with Atlantic cod and haddock, of course, and our expertise in other species like Pacific cod, pollock, lobster, snow crab, deep-water crab, king crab, Atlantic pollock, Icelandic lobster, tilapia, swai and shrimp.
In the 100 years since Fanny first desperately sold fish to support her community and family, we’ve been hands-on in the entire supply-and-distribution chain: we’ve fished, we’ve cut fish, we’ve packed fish, we’ve worked in commercial kitchens, we’ve fried fish, we’ve cooked lobster and crab and all sorts of seafood, we’ve been champions for producers and customers alike and mostly, we’ve made friends.